The Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Georgia Malik Murzalin held a meeting with the Secretary General of the Georgia-European Union Business Council Zviad Chumburidze, El.kz cites MFA.
The meeting was devoted to discussing new approaches to strengthening cooperation with interested companies in the implementation of joint trade, economic and investment projects.
The meeting included an overview of Kazakhstan's investment opportunities, the new economic reforms of the Head of State, announced in the September Address to the people of Kazakhstan, as well as measures to improve the business climate and create favorable conditions for foreign investors in Kazakhstan.
Ambassador Malik Murzalin noted that such large Kazakh assets as the Batumi Oil Terminal, the Batumi Seaport, Rompetrol Georgia and Halyk Bank Georgia are successfully operating in the Georgian market, in turn, Georgian businesses are also investing in the economy of our country. In general, over the past 17 years, Kazakhstan's investments in the economy of Georgia amounted to more than 530 million US dollars, Georgia's investments in Kazakhstan – about 400 million dollars.
Zviad Chumburidze spoke about the activities of the Georgia-European Union Business Council, presented the “Black Sea Platform” created under the Council, in which leading companies of the Black Sea-Caspian basin participate. He expressed interest in joining Kazakhstani companies to this platform.